Election Day, and the most expensive Senate race ever run

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2026, 9am: Today is Election Day. At least 58 million people have already cast their vote, either in person or by mail. That’s about 8.5 million more than the last midterms in 2022, an increase of 20 percent. Gas prices just set a new record high for an Election Day at $4.15 a gallon. That’s 35 cents higher than the previous Election Day record, four years ago. And in Donald Trump’s closing pitch to voters yesterday, he spent the first fifteen minutes talking about his renovations at the Reflecting Pool and the rest of Washington, D.C. Ali Vitali, Sam Stein, Basil Smikle, Mychael Schnell, Governor Mikie Sherrill, Teddy Schleifer, Steve Liesman and Rahm Emanuel join Stephanie Ruhle this morning for special election coverage. Sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts to listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.